Implement-handle.



' B. .P. TAYLOR.

IMPLEMENT HANDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.24,1910

Patentd Dec. 13, 1910.

PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR, OF PALISADES. COLORADO.

IMPLEMENT-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dot. 1; i910.

'pplication filed January 24, 1910. Serial No. 589,747.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BENJAMIN F. 'lArLon. a citizen of the lnited States,residing at Palisades, in the county of Mesa and State of Colorado, haveinvented a new and useful Implement-Handle, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to implement handles, and has for its principalobject to provide means whereby the head of the tool may be secured tothe handle without the use of the usual wedge driven into the end of thehandle. To this end to obviate this ditticulty I employ a pair of wedgemembers which conform snugly to the contour of the head engaging end ofthehandle and snugly engage the socket of the tool head regardless ofshrinkage or other changes taking place in the handle.

For a more detailed description of the invention reference may be had tothe accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective detail view of the wedge members. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of a hammer equipped with my improved device, and shownwith parts in section and parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a cross sectionalView through a tool head and handle equipped with an anehor. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of a hatchet equipped with a moditication of theanchoring device.

Referring now to the drawing 1n \VlllCll like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the view shown, 5 designates a hammer headhaving a tapering socket 6 of the usual and well known kind. The hammerhandle 7 is provided with a flaring engaging end 8 similar in contour tothe socket 6 butof less cross dimension than the latter.

For securing the head to the handle I provide a pair of wedge members 9which are preferably formed of sheet metal and are sufiicient in size tosnugly confornrto the handle engaging end 8. Each wedge is provided withinturned side flanges 4, one having a. suitable lip 10 and the other arecess 11 and the flanges meet and the lips and recesses interlock whenthe members are in position, thereby effectively preventing elthermember from working loose. Each member is preferably wedged shaped incross section as clearly shown so that when end of the handle that itcannot become loosened when a normal amount of shrink age takes place inthe handle. Should it be desired to prevent any possibility ot the toolhead working loose on the members a small opening 12 may be formed ineach of the members to receive a pin 13 as shown in Fig. 3; and eachmember may also be provided with an inwardly projecting oblique lip 14which penetrates the tapered end of the handle as shown, and which hasits free end disposed toward the larger end of the handle. i

Fig. t shows a further method of anchoring the wedge members againstsliding movement on the handle. In this instance the tapering wedgemembers extend considerably beyond the lower edge of the hatchet head 15and are each provided with a sniall opening 16. Astitf wire 17 iswrapped in opposite directions around the hatchet handle 18, toward thehatchet head and the extreme ends engaged in the openings 16.

In assembling the device the tapering end of the handle is inserted inthe tapered socket of the head. The wedge members are then fittedtogether and around the tapered end of the handle and the whole forcedor driven into the socket as far as it will go, thereby securely wedgingthe head on the handle and making it impossible for the implement to flyott the end of the handle when in use.

From the "foregoing description taken in connection with the foregoingdrawing it is thought that the construction and operation of myinvention will be easily understood without a more extended explanationit being understood that various changes may be made in the minordetails of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, an implement head having a socket, a handle providedwith a flared end which is smaller in size than the socket, a pair ofcomplementary members flanges being of the required size and tapering inthickness so as to fill the s ace between the socket and the handle, andoblique lips on the members indenting the handle when the parts are inplace. I

2. In combination, an -implement head having a tapering socket, ahandleprovided with a flaring end which is smaller in size with side flanges,the members and their than but similar in shape to the socket, a

1 pair of like Wedge members tapering both edgewise and in thickness andof the required shape to fill the space between the socket and thehandle, each member having inturned side flanges with a lip on one and arecess in the other, whereby the members will be locked together, andmeans for an choring the members to the handle.

3. In combination, an implement head having a tapering socket, a handleprovided with a flaring end which is smaller in size than the socket, apair of interfitting wedge members tapering in the same direction as Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed mysignature in the presence of .two witnesses.

' BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

W. D. NEWTON, R. H. LORENZ.

